Natural infection with two genotypes of Cryptosporidium in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in Italy

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-99

  Kváč, Martin ^a,b   Hofmannová, Lada ^c   Bertolino, Sandro ^d   Wauters, Luc ^e   Tosi, Guido ^e   Modrý, David ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Cryptosporidium; Infectivity; Oocyst morphology; Red squirrel; Sciurus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; MUS; MUSTELA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 47249162494     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2008.012     Document Type: Article

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